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| Picture No | 10040059 |
| Date | 1842 |
| Description | 1842/AT THE COAL FACE |
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Working naked, in a low seam, with a candle to guide him, for shifts which could be as little as 11 hours but in Scotland might be 16 hours.
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| Source | 'The Condition & Treatment of the Children employed in the Mines & Collieries of the United Kingdom', front |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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